ACM Middleware

The annual ACM Middleware conference is a major forum for discussing innovations and recent scientific advances in middleware systems with a focus on the design, implementation, deployment, and evaluation of distributed systems, platforms, and architectures for computing, storage, and communication.

The conference will include a high-quality single-track technical program, invited speakers, an industrial track, panel discussions involving academic and industry leaders, poster and demonstration presentations, a doctoral symposium, tutorials, and workshops.

TOPICS OF INTEREST

The Middleware conference seeks original submissions of research papers on a diverse range of topics, particularly those identifying new research directions. The topics of interest for the conference include, but are not limited to:

• Middleware Applications

Middleware for cyber-physical and real-time systems

Middleware support for security and privacy

Middleware for AI and machine learning systems

Middleware for data science pipelines

Middleware techniques for internet-of-things and smart cities

Middleware for multimedia systems

Middleware for sustainable computing

• Middleware Systems

Fault tolerance and consistency

Distributed and parallel systems

Distributed ledgers and blockchains

Event-based, publish/subscribe, streaming, and peer-to-peer systems

Serverless and Function-as-a-Service computing

Data-intensive systems (big data)

Cloud, fog, edge computing, and data centers

Networking, network function virtualization, and software-defined networking

Mobile and pervasive systems and services

Emerging hardware technologies

• Middleware Design Principles and Programming Models

Programming abstractions and paradigms for middleware

Reconfigurable, adaptable, and reflective middleware

Critical reviews of middleware paradigms, e.g., object models, aspect orientation

Methodologies and tools for middleware systems design, implementation, verification, and evaluation

Monitoring, resource management, and analysis

Virtualization, auto-scaling, provisioning, and scheduling

Energy and power-aware techniques

Sustainability-aware techniques

General Chair

Pedro García López, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain

Program Committee Co-Chairs

Sara Bouchenak, INSA Lyon, France

Abhishek Chandra, University of Minnesota, USA